This exceptional spinel twin gold crystal from Round Mountain, Nevada is a rare and highly refined example of crystallized native gold in its natural form. Exhibiting a striking vertical structure, the piece is composed of intergrown, parallel crystal faces that display the classic spinel twinning habit — one of the most sought-after formations in gold crystallography.
The surface is remarkably well-defined, with sharp, linear striations and smooth, reflective faces that give the piece a brilliant, almost metallic sheen. Its rich, high-purity golden color is enhanced by the crisp geometry of the crystal planes, creating a captivating interplay of light and shadow as the specimen is viewed from different angles. The elongated, blade-like growth and stacked, stepped appearance add to its architectural elegance and rarity.
Round Mountain is renowned for producing some of the finest crystalline gold specimens in the United States, particularly for its distinctive spinel twins and sharply formed crystal structures. Pieces of this caliber are highly prized for both their aesthetic beauty and mineralogical significance.
A true collector’s specimen, this piece stands out for its combination of form, luster, and rarity — offering a museum-quality representation of one of Nevada’s most celebrated gold localities.
Item #RB634
Weight: 2.33 grams
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Only about 2% of the gold in the world is in “gold nugget” form and the other 98% is microscopic speck and flake gold found in ore. A good gold ore today will have about one ounce of gold for every two tons of rock.
Even rarer are crystallized gold specimens and only about 0.04% of the gold in the world is crystallized. These natural gold nuggets and gold specimens are true - one of a kind - masterpieces from the earth’s natural elements and are found mostly in pockets where the gold was able to crystallize while it formed, much the same way other crystals form deep inside the earth.
Most of the hard rock mines that uncovered these extremely rare gold nugget crystals are closed today and it is extremely rare to have a new discovery of crystallized gold nuggets or gold specimens.
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